Sales Figures News

Having posted consistent growth month-after-month throughout 2018, Royal Enfield ended the year with a decline in total sales for the month of December. The bike maker sold a total of (domestic + exports) 58,278 units in December 2018, a 13 per cent drop in volumes as opposed to 66,968 units sold during the same month in 2017. Royal Enfield's domestic sales stood at 56,026 units, a decline of 14 per cent over 65,367 sold in December 2017.

Tata Motor's commercial and passenger vehicles sales dropped by 8 per cent at 50,440 units in December 2018 as against 54,627 in 2017. The liquidity crisis in the industry, higher interest rates and rising fuel costs continued to impact the commercial vehicle sales, with M&HCV and I&LCV segment witnessing a decline while the passenger vehicle business bounced back. The cumulative sales for the domestic market (April-December 2018) was at 497,972 units compared to 398,764 units over last year, a growth of 25 per cent.

The Passenger Vehicles segment (which includes UVs, Cars and Vans) sold 15,091 vehicles in December 2018, as against 15,543 vehicles in December 2017 showing a dip in sales of nearly 3 per cent.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor domestic sales in the period Jan -Dec 2018 has grown by around 9 per centcompared to same period in 2017.

According to a study by Jato, Subcompact SUVs or Sub 4 metre SUVs earned the lions share when it comes to sales. More than 2 lakh units of subcompact SUVs were sold in the country between April to September 2018.

Jaguar Land Rover sold 49,312 vehicles in November 2018 with Jaguar contributing to kitty with the sale of 15,114 units and Land Rover selling 34,198 vehicles.

Suzuki Motorcycle India reached a landmark as it rolled out the four millionth two-wheeler from its facility in Gurugram, Haryana.

Majority of the carmakers have witnessed subdued sales in the month of November this year. Country's two top three carmakers- Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Tata Motors have reported a marginal decline in sales while Mahindra has recorded a nominal growth. Honda is the only carmaker which has posted a healthy growth of 10 per cent while Toyota and Ford have recorded de-growth of 5.87 per cent and 18.25 per cent respectively. The auto sales in November took a hit due to several macro and micro economic factors, rise in fuel prices being the prime reason further followed by one-time insurance payment. According to the FADA report, the festival season sales were also down as the general sentiment among car buyers was not positive.